Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-07-23
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red and twenty pounds; the corpse was rgio
when examined; the blood aoout tue
wounds and upon her hair was dry; my
Judgment is that she had been dead
twenty-four hours; base my Judgment on
the condition of the bodies, blood, anu
wounds and general surrounding Inc
witness identified the dress worn ny MIS-.
Baker: saw blood on both the dresses, on
ON the waist and dresses and different
places. The caps were shown and recog-
nized by the Witness; found no rents IN
the cap corresponding to the wounds IN
the head; the wounds on Mrs. New ha
were all beneath the cap, except the one
on the back of the head; there was no EVIL
dence of blood having run through the cap;
the caps were put on wrong side before
and wrong side out; / examined the body
of Mrs. Baker; found one wound in the
left temporal region, a clean cut incisiVe
wound through the skull; three on the right,
one of which was flesh wound only; the
wound in the back of the head was q long
penetrating wound, crushed the
skull and broke of whole part
of the ocipital bone; | found no blood IN
the room, where Mrs. Baker lay, that l
thought came from her; found in the hair
of Mrs. Baker, q tooth Of comb; in the
kitchen found teeth Of like material IN
pool of blood, the stain of which repre-
sents the head and shoulders Of person;
the wound ON Mrs Bakers head had bled
freely: the wounds could have been
MADE WITH AN AXE;
there were no wounds upon Mrs. Baker,
made with blunt instrument; found no
wounds on the bodies of either women,
that could have been made with the coup
ling pin; found the parts OF the comb lust
where the impression of the head was IN
pool of blood; Mrs Baker had a medium
good head of hair, the blood upon it was
coagulated when saw it; think the blood
had been effused twenty-four hours or
more; made a careful examination Of all
the blood about the place, and it was very
dry and bore marks of being etfused early
Oh the evening before; other things about
the house indicated that the murder had
been committed before night; blood under
goes coagulation when exposed to the
air, and the parts Of 1t separate;
did not see anything on the floor to Indl-
cate dragging a body from one room To
another; 1t is not probable that person
would be capable OF any movement after
such a blow rs Mrs. Baker received, the
loss of blood and shock from the blow
would have been sufficient to keep her
from dragging herself into the other room;
the body that fell in the kitchen
REMAINED WHERE IT FELL.
There did not seem to be any great amount
Of blood on the floor OF the sitting room;
Mrs McWhas body was little more
flushed than Mrs. Bakers; | noticed a
blood spot on the window, also some on
sides of the wall and on the shade OF the
window | saw the windows in the Kitchen;
they were obscured by blinds, pieced out
with paper and u shawl; the cap was tie,
over the head Of Mrs. Baker rs tightly
rs it was possible, ~ tight that if she had
been living il would have thrown her
mouth open.
Cross examination l served i'll the war
rs private soldier for about year; after
wards was clerk i'll the Quartermaster's
department for four years; | went West
then and engaged in speculation until the
fall OF 1867. then bought IN
interest in patent right of feather reno
vatOr; during that time | practiced medi-
cine ut Merchandising, Pennsylvania;
there four years; came to
Cove i'll 1877, and commenced
medicine; then | went 10 Wheel
Ing and practiced for four years; 1T the
close of that period returned to- Holli-
days Cove; since 1884 | have been prac-
ticing my profession ut that place; ! have
an interest in 4 farm there rs member OF
q stock company; the practice OF medicine
has been my main business; there was no
law requiring registration of a physician
in Pennsylvania aud Illinois when | prac
ticed there; regularly registered i'll West
was the physician of the Nc
W ha family for eight years; during my
residence at Wheeling was not their
regular physician, but in that time ]
waited on both Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Me
VIVA; DIR. Owens and myself were called
before the coroner's jury; made no
PUST-MORTEM EXAMINATION
IF the bodies, none WAS made 40 far rs |
know; | arrived there ON Tuesday about
two o'clock; saw some Stats lying by the
WAS at both Sittings OF the coro-
ler's jury and gave substantially the same
testimony both times; ] saw no profile of
The lower extremities in the dried pool of
blood in the kitchen; could not tell from
The outline i'm the blood which of the
bodies had lain there The witness showed
he position of Mrs. McWha's wounds,
lpon Col. Morris neck and head. In al
iition to the wounds before described, ]
discovered a slight bruise below the left
knee; | think that the hruise was the
'esult of the first blow, the next
was Immediately above it; the
.hird was the blow upon the ear; the
ourth was the fatal blow. ! believe it
would have been possible for Mrs. McWha
% scream between the blows. think
hat the inst blow killed Mrs. Baker; the
blow was struck from the right side. The
murder was certainly done before dark on
Monday.
The proceedings Of the afternoon were
diversified by some lively spats between
counsel. MeSsrs. McSweeney and Moore
ook occasion to waste some elOquence
IpOn the Court.
Tomorrow afternoon the jury will be
AIKEN TO the scene Of the murder, after the
of DR.. Morris
Court then adjourned